NPF Minecraft server - Page 23

EVILNess · 08-10-2010, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob the Mercenary

How do you install skins? All I have are a couple image files I downloaded.

Log into your account on the Minecraft Site.

Click the PREFERENCES link at the top.

Upload the avatar.

Nikose Tyris · 08-10-2010, 05:54 PM

Oh right, and Bob- Figure out how to adminify my from console. :P

Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope · 08-10-2010, 06:32 PM

I'll be on later tonight.

Bob The Mercenary · 08-10-2010, 06:38 PM

I just stopped and restarted the paid server to stop the lagging. It looks like the thing builds up some sort of a buffer over time and eventually chokes the process into submission. Not sure I can fix that other than log in remotely from work and restart it whenever it gets laggy.

Looking into other options now.

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Originally Posted by Penny Arcade forums

I agree that it isn't very playable but it's not lag- it's the CPU cycles on the server. Somewhere deep in the guts of minecraft it does a little calculation for every block within X yards of the player- water flows, stone sits still, sand falls when there's nothing under it, and so on. It's doing this server side now and suddenly the load has jumped up 10-20x what it would normally be. When a player removes or places a block it does even more. He may even be calculating the dynamic lighting server side, which would explain why some blocks show up pitch black until the server catches up.

Imagine trying to run dwarf fortress with multiple forts all on the same computer. All that pathfinding, terrain generation... ouch. Minecraft is actually really bandwidth light, but until Notch optimizes the block stuff it's going to bring most servers to their knees.

For now the only solution is gigantic single-core CPUs for our servers, unless Notch is taking advantage of multi-cores (but I don't think he is).

Actually, my 3.0GB P4 CPU is about the most we can do until Notch patches the damn thing.

Nikose Tyris · 08-10-2010, 07:31 PM

I may have done something awesome. We are going to test this.

EVILNess · 08-10-2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikose Tyris

I may have done something awesome. We are going to test this.

Your testing is interrupting Everyone else's awesome.

Nikose Tyris · 08-10-2010, 07:57 PM

My testing has shown I have the power to combine maps. Sorry about that, game is back as normal now.

EVILNess · 08-10-2010, 08:07 PM

ALL HAIL THE MIGHTY SERVER GOD

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 08-10-2010, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikose Tyris

My testing has shown I have the power to combine maps. Sorry about that, game is back as normal now.

Yeah that's a thing you can do. Be sure to link them all with Stargates.

Bob The Mercenary · 08-10-2010, 08:35 PM

Ventrilo server set up!

To connect to it, try using npfminecraft.servegame.com. If that doesn't work, try the actual ip address I posted earlier. I'll try to be on tonight to see how it affects gameplay and bandwidth. It's the free version, but right now I doubt we'll see more than eight people in there.

08-10-2010, 06:32 PM	#223
Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope Definitely NOT a samurai Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Location: Wherever the wind leads me Posts: 5,347	I'll be on later tonight. __________________ Lost in the Music ~ On Hiatus Tales of a Torn World ~ World Building

08-10-2010, 08:35 PM	#230
Bob The Mercenary Bob Dole Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bob Dole Posts: 5,606	Ventrilo server set up! To connect to it, try using npfminecraft.servegame.com. If that doesn't work, try the actual ip address I posted earlier. I'll try to be on tonight to see how it affects gameplay and bandwidth. It's the free version, but right now I doubt we'll see more than eight people in there.